| Product Summary | | Label: Koch Entertainment | | UPC: 00093074011027 | | Release Date: 7/27/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 61011106 | | Item#: MC6HSR | Format:  CD |
|
|
|
|
| Song Listing |  |
Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Pastures Of Plenty - Woody Guthrie ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Rock Island Line - Leadbelly ~ Various Artists | | | 4. No More Auction Block - Paul Robeson ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Deportees (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) - Barbara Dane ~ Various Artists | | | 6. John Henry - Doc Watson ~ Various Artists | | | 7. John Henry - Mike Seeger ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Betty And Dupree - Brownie McGhee ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Gallis Pole - Fred Gerlach ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Polly Von - Paul Clayton ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Butcher Boy - Peggy Seeger ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Duncan And Brady - Dave Van Ronk ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Railroad Bill - Hobart Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Wayfaring Stranger - Burl Ives ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Big Rock Candy Mountain - Haywire Mac ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Born 100,000 Years Ago - Cisco Houston ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now - Mark Spoelstra ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Changes - Phil Ochs ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Black And White - Earl Robinson ~ Various Artists | | | 20. Most Fair Beauty Bright - Jean Ritchie ~ Various Artists | | | 21. Cielito Lindo - Pete Seeger ~ Various Artists | | | 22. Tom Dooley - New Lost City Ramblers ~ Various Artists | | | 23. Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten ~ Various Artists | | | 24. Down On Me - Janie Hunter ~ Various Artists | | | 25. This Train (Bound For Glory) - Big Bill Broonzy ~ Various Artists | |
|
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Cisco Houston, Dave Van Ronk, Doc Watson, Elizabeth Cotten, Fred Gerlach, Harry McClintock, Hobart Smith, John Cohen, Leadbelly, Mark Spoelstra, Paul Clayton, Peggy Seeger, Phil Ochs, Barbara Dane, Woody Guthrie, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Burl Ives (vocals, guitar); Pete Seeger (vocals, 12-string guitar, banjo); Mike Seeger (vocals, banjo, fiddle); Earl Robinson (vocals, piano); Jan Hunter, Mary Pickney, Jean Ritchie, Paul Robeson (vocals); Arnold Watson (banjo); Gaither Carlton (fiddle). | | Liner Note Author: Jeff Place. | | Editor: Jacob Love. | | Photographers: Diana Davies; Galen Lawson. | | Arrangers: Huddie Ledbetter; Alan Lomax. | | Moses Asch founded Folkways Records in 1948 with the express purpose of recording music on the margins of the music industry, where the freedom was greater and the risks were considerably less. Folkways became a sterling example of how to run an independent label, and everything Asch recorded continues to be available, thanks to the Smithsonian Institution music arm, which now handles the catalog along with the backlist of several other small labels (Monitor, Paredon, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Collector). This brings the Smithsonian album total to well over 3,000 titles, all of which are maintained in print, a truly amazing achievement. This sampler of that vast collection concentrates on the urban-based folksingers of the so-called folk revival, and as such, works as a companion volume to the more rural-centered compilation called Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways. There are easily a dozen gems here, including Woody Guthrie's "Pastures of Plenty" (a song about migrant workers set to the tune of "Pretty Polly"), Doc Watson's beautifully archaic version of "John Henry" (with his brother Arnold Watson on banjo and father-in-law Gaither Carlton on fiddle), Jean Ritchie's airy dulcimer work on "Most Fair Beauty Bright," Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten's childhood composition "Freight Train," and a tender and innocent-sounding version of "Changes" by Phil Ochs. Obviously this is but the barest tip of the Smithsonian Folkways iceberg, but as a sampler, it features a diverse array of interpretations and approaches to American vernacular music. ~ Steve Leggett |
Producer: Jeff Place (Compilation) |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/04/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 40110 | | Label : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00093074011027 |
|
| |
|
|
